netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Send ICMPv6 RSes only when RAs are accepted

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Date:	Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:49:00 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	tore@....no
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Send ICMPv6 RSes only when RAs are accepted

From: Tore Anderson <tore@....no>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:43:01 +0200

> * David Miller
> 
>> From: Tore Anderson <tore@....no>
>> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:08:33 +0200
>> 
>>> The change also makes "Hybrid Router" forwarding mode ("forwarding"
>>> sysctl set to 2) redundant, as the only thing that distinguished it from
>>> the standard Router mode (forwarding=1) was that RSes was being sent. It
>>> has therefore been removed.
>> 
>> You're not removing "accept_ra==2", it's still there in the test:
>> 
>>> -	if ((ifp->idev->cnf.forwarding == 0 ||
>>> -	     ifp->idev->cnf.forwarding == 2) &&
>>> +	if (((ifp->idev->cnf.accept_ra == 1 && !ifp->idev->cnf.forwarding) ||
>>> +	     ifp->idev->cnf.accept_ra == 2) &&
>> 
>> And it does provide it's own unique behavior compared to
>> "accept_ra==1".
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> I'm not removing accept_ra==2, no, only forwarding==2. Or, more
> precisely, I'm only removing the *documentation* for forwarding==2;
> forwarding==2 will still work, but there's no difference from
> forwarding==1 any longer.

Ok, please make this more clear in your commit message.

Thank you.
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